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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Terah Catena

Basic Info

Feature Name	Terah Catena
Clean Name	Terah Catena
Feature ID	5923
Target	Ganymede
Feature Type	Catena, catenae

Location

Control Network
UNKNOWN

Coordinate System	Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude	8.80 °
Southmost Latitude	5.70 °
Eastmost Longitude	274.80 °
Westmost Longitude	280.20 °
Diameter	283.00 km
Center Latitude	7.10 °
Center Longitude	277.60 °
WKT String	POLYGON ((80.02587890625 7.9805908203145, 79.85009765625 8.1563720703145, 79.76220703125 8.3321533203145, 79.740234375 8.5848388671895, 79.839111328125 8.7716064453145, 80.00390625 8.7935791015645, 80.33349609375 8.6397705078145, 80.937744140625 8.2442626953145, 81.5419921875 7.9146728515645, 82.22314453125 7.6290283203145, 82.61865234375 7.4093017578145, 83.10205078125 7.1236572265645, 83.54150390625 6.8599853515645, 84.0029296875 6.6622314453145, 84.497314453125 6.4644775390645, 84.77197265625 6.3765869140645, 85.068603515625 6.2008056640645, 85.134521484375 5.9810791015645, 85.024658203125 5.7064208984395, 84.33251953125 5.7283935546895, 83.62939453125 6.0140380859395, 82.9482421875 6.3656005859395, 82.39892578125 6.6512451171895, 81.82763671875 6.9039306640645, 81.223388671875 7.2335205078145, 80.674072265625 7.5081787109395, 80.300537109375 7.7718505859395, 80.02587890625 7.9805908203145))
Quad	-

Status and Origin

Approval Status	Adopted by IAU
Approval Date	2000
Continent	Asia
Culture	Phoenician
Origin	Phoenician moon god who battled with Keret in Negeb.
Reference	[1] - Larousse Encyclopedia of Mythology, translated by R. Aldington and D. Ames: Hamlyn Publishing Group Ltd., New York, 1976.
Updated	Feb 25, 2016 11:34 AM

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